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Annual Report 2013-14 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Annual Report 2013-14 Contents Statement of compliance 2 Appendix 3 20 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 2 The TMAGgots Board of Trustees 3 Appendix 4 21 Acquisitions and donations Chairman’s report 4 Appendix 5 35 Director’s report 6 Centre for Learning and Discovery statistics Organisational structure 8 Appendix 6 36 Report 1 10 External financial support Collections and Research Appendix 7 37 Report 2 14 Lectures and presentations Business Services Appendix 8 38 Report 3 15 Research publications and articles Audience Engagement Financial report 41 Appendix 1 18 The Foundation of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Appendix 2 19 The Friends of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Cover image: A young visitor explores the Museum Cart, designed by Patrick Hall, in TMAG’s Central Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery © State of Tasmania February 2015 ISSN 0311-3663 Disclaimer The information contained within the Annual Report 2013-14 is considered to be correct at the time of publication. Images used within this publication remain the property of the copyright holder. Images courtesy of: Simon Cuthbert, Simon Grove, Matthew Baker, Bryony Nainby and Jessica King. An electronic version of this report is available at www.tmag.tas.gov.au/about_us/annual_reports TMAG Annual Report 2013-14 1 Statement of compliance Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery To Her Excellency the Governor, Vision To nurture the museum’s collection as the cultural heart In accordance with Section 7 of the Tasmanian Museum of Tasmania. Act 1950, the Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery have great honour in submitting their Annual Purpose Report on the activities of the Tasmanian Museum and To collect, conserve, research and create knowledge Art Gallery for the year ending 30 June 2014. and to engage with, educate and inspire the community about our world. In submitting this report, we would like to sincerely thank the many people who have contributed to the Positioning operation of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Our stories encourage reflection, stimulate during 2013-14. conversations and inspire new understanding, new thinking and life long learning. The Trustees especially wish to thank the Ministers for the Arts, Lara Giddings MP and Dr Vanessa Goodwin Brand Platforms MLC, the Foundation of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Uniquely Tasmanian Gallery, The Royal Society of Tasmania, the Friends of We know who we are and have a strong sense of place. TMAG, TMAGgots, and the staff and volunteers for their continuing contribution to the museum’s growth and Curated Diversity development. You can expect the unexpected and to broaden your perspectives. Museum within a Museum By exploring our place you can experience our history. Distinctive Stories Our stories are engaging and we encourage participation and conversation. Values As an organisation, TMAG is committed to the Departmental values as follows: • Our people matter • We act with integrity • We make a real difference. 2 TMAG Annual Report 2013-14 Board of Trustees The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) Members of the Board of Trustees was established by the Royal Society of Tasmania in Chairman 1848 and continued by the Tasmanian Museum Act Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVO 1950. The Trustees of TMAG are collectively a body Royal Society of Tasmania Appointment corporate in which is vested the full management and superintendence of TMAG, the power to acquire and Board Members dispose of property and an obligation to do all other Professor Jim Reid acts, except employ persons, proper to make TMAG Royal Society of Tasmania Appointment best serve the public as a museum. Ms Julia Farrell Staff are appointed or employed subject to the State Governor-in-Council Appointment Service Act 2000. Mr Geoff Willis Governor-in-Council Appointment Alderman Dr Peter Sexton Hobart City Council Appointment Ms Brett Torossi Governor-in-Council Appointment Ms Penny Clive Governor-in-Council Appointment School Holiday Program in the TMAG Courtyard during the October 2013 school holidays TMAG Annual Report 2013-14 3 Chairman’s report This has been a very successful year for the Tasmanian After 12 years of service, at the end of 2013 Bill Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG). Bleathman announced his retirement as the Director of TMAG. He has been a truly outstanding Director. TMAG has had more visitors than it has ever had in its His many achievements include the acquisition long history and more visitors than any other attraction and conversion of the Rosny site into a dedicated in Tasmania. collections storage and research facility, the development of acclaimed new permanent exhibitions, TMAG has continued to receive accolades and awards the great increase he has been able to generate in the for the redevelopment of its city site, including being level of philanthropic and other outside support which shortlisted for the heritage category of the prestigious TMAG receives, the redevelopment of the museum World Architecture Awards in Singapore. and much else. Tasmania will always be indebted to Mr Bleathman for the very substantial contribution he has Despite coming out of years of intensive activity made to the intellectual and cultural life of Tasmania preparing new permanent exhibitions for the during his stewardship as the Director of TMAG. redeveloped museum, TMAG has continued to maintain a program of activities as vibrant as ever, with its own The Trustees and I appreciate the support which the and travelling exhibitions, education programs, public Minister for the Arts Dr Vanessa Goodwin and her programs and outreach while still discharging its predecessor Lara Giddings have given to TMAG and core functions of research, field work, presentations, the personal interest which they have taken in its work. publications and collection care. We would also like to thank the department, the staff, volunteers, supporters and benefactors for all that they It is also pleasing to note the number of grants TMAG have contributed to the work of TMAG during this year. has been awarded, the donations and philanthropic In particular we would like to thank Jennifer Storer for support it has attracted and the collaborations it has the professionalism and commitment with which she negotiated, all of which have enabled TMAG to make has discharged her role as Acting Director since Bill many valuable acquisitions and deliver a wide range of Bleathman’s retirement. education and research programs. It is a real tribute to the staff and everyone else involved that all this has been achieved despite the very Sir Guy Green challenging financial constraints under which TMAG Chairman of Trustees has had to operate this year. 4 TMAG Annual Report 2013-14 Visitors stream through the Watergate during A Night at the Museum, the opening night of Dark Mofo in June 2014 Visitors investigating TMAG’s historic site during the Heritage Bill Bleathman and Sir Guy Green visit Le Havre Natural History Tasmania Open Doors event in November 2013 Museum during their trip to France in October 2013 to celebrate the opening of joint TMAG-MONA exhibition Theatre of the World TMAG Annual Report 2013-14 5 Director’s report Jennifer Storer This was the first full year since we opened stage one Engagement transcended our own walls with a rich of the redeveloped Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery online offer and the start of live virtual tours. The Field (TMAG), and what a year it was! The museum continues Guide to Tasmanian Fauna app was launched in May to receive industry awards, but there was no better 2014, the result of hard work by TMAG’s Zoology team, accolade than having hosted more than 550 000 who selected species and contributed text and images visitors by our first anniversary on 15 March 2014. to this new product in collaboration with other state museums. Those visitors were treated to the legacy of significant collection research, new donations, and generous loans We also joined with community partners for the City of which produced very popular exhibitions, including Hobart Art Prize, the Tasmanian Art Quilt Prize, National Illumination: The Art of Philip Wolfhagen, Tatts in Science Week, NAIDOC Week, the Festival of Voices Tasmania, Acts of Exposure and Capital and Country: the and Heritage Tasmania’s Open Doors festival, as well as Federation years 1900 – 1914 (touring from the National with Aspire for community exhibition Minds Do Matter Gallery of Australia). A highlight of the year was the to coincide with Mental Health Week. joint TMAG and Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) exhibition Theatre of the World opening at La Maison It was also a year of celebrating our volunteers, who go Rouge Gallery in Paris on 18 October 2013 to much from strength to strength. The Chairman of Trustees, acclaim. The year concluded with the Pat Brassington Sir Guy Green honoured three volunteers in November exhibition À Rebours, on show at TMAG during Dark 2013 with a combined 44 years of service to the Mofo 2014. We also hosted the opening night of the Herbarium. In February 2014 the TMAG Art Guides festival on Friday 13 June 2014, with more than 5000 celebrated their 20 year anniversary and Ray Thompson people attending A Night at the Museum. celebrated 25 years as a volunteer numismatist at TMAG. Throughout the year more than 100,000 people participated in public programs, group visits, lectures Field work and research projects expanded and and tours that covered a diverse audience from enriched the collections. TMAG staff members took senior citizens to playgroups, and schools to prisons. part in the Bush Blitz program on Flinders Island and the Monthly Family Days were a particular favourite and Central Plateau, collecting specimens and discovering the museum’s flagship art education program Access new species.
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